Tuesday, June 10, 2008

COMMENTS: Kershaw...Maddux. 20 years old...42 years old. Lefty...righty. Zero wins...350 wins. It's a game of contrasts in San Diego tonight, yet the plights of the Dodgers and Padres are disturbingly similar. The Dodgers are 3.5 games out of first place and the Padres are 6.5 back, with the Giants wedged firmly between them. However, the Padres have won five straight, including a four-game sweep of the Mets. The Dodgers have not won a series in their past five tries. Additionally, the Dodgers have lost both times the Lakers have played the Celtics in the NBA Finals. (Oddly enough, so have the Lakers.) So while you're flipping back and forth between both games tonight, think good thoughts for the L.A. team that needs to win. Whichever one that is.

I'm feeling a little angry that they're making it faster and cheaper. It's like a slap in the face to those of us who got the first wave. Apple doesn't normally operate that way. I wish there would at least be some super fantastic update for the older phones, but I'm not seeing any of that happening.

There is an update, but the real issue is the network. The new phone will operate on a better, faster network, but as far as I can tell, the older phones are stuck with the slower one.

The strange thing is, there has been no talk of an update that would allow pictures to be sent in text messages, which I think is a major problem with the phone. It's shocking that they haven't addressed that issue.

That I don't know. I think it has something to do with the network, actually, so maybe the newer phones will have the capability (though I haven't read that). I haven't done an extreme amount of research, to be honest, so maybe someone out there has a solution I don't know about.

Lucky for me, there's a Trader Joe's directly across the street from my hotel here in Chicago. I don't like dark chocolate, but there are delicious crispy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies that are like crack.

Maddux not only pitches very little for us, he also makes our pitcher to make lots of pitches against him, makes a great catch that kills the rally...that's the problem with future Hall of Famers, i insist, why on earth he wasn't signed by the Dodgers?

You know, Erin, I don't mind that. We've got DeWitt and LaRoche at 3rd and Nomar can't play 2nd. Might as well as get him in at SS, where he can't possibly be worse than Hu or Berroa (offensively, at least).

Okay, that was just bizarre. Padres' LF & CF converge on the pop-up...and just let it drop between then. Young didn't even advance, it looked so catchable. The Padres are just dying to give this to us.

Well, Nomar was magic for the Red Sox, which is really why I love him, and always will. I liked when he came to L.A. so I could actually see him play, but it's pretty obvious his career is nearly over.

Karina, do you remember the "4+1" home run game against the Padres? Nomar's role in that game helped his status in L.A. Plus, he ended that season with a walk-off grand slam against the D'backs (Sax & I were there!).

Hey Sax. I think Bowa sent Loney because Berroa was on deck, but it wasn't close. Otherwise poor Padre defense in the 7th and some timely Dodger hitting (all singles) have given us a comfortable 3-run lead.

She is an adopted dog, so she's a little bit of a mystery. She's definitely got some chihuahua, and probably some sort of terrier. She weighs five pounds and is all-around adorable. And her name is Jack.

Erin, sorry about your outdated iphone but you must be kidding when saying that apple never does this. They do this all the time, releasing new and better technology at lower prices and screwing the early adopters. I could have sworn that they scheduled new ipod releases just after I had bought mine.

Go Dodgers, bases loaded and four hits in the inning but we haven't scored. Watch us hit into an inning-ending dp...

Apple does release new things often, for sure. I just feel like there is at least some sort of reward for those who have already purchased. I don't know. I buy a lot of Apple stuff, and always have. Maybe I just feel like I've been rewarded because I seem to always have something new lying around.